One ritual dedicated to this non-Christian deity involved priests or midwifes greeting her as they sprinkled newborns with drops of water before naming them. This deity is often depicted carrying a cross representing the four winds. In one story, this deity was accused of not truly loving humanity, which caused her to cry blood for over fifty years, resulting in a flood that ended the age of the fourth sun. This goddess w
One ritual dedicated to this non-Christian deity involved priests or midwifes greeting her as they sprinkled newborns with drops of water before naming them. This deity is often depicted carrying a cross representing the four winds. In one story, this deity was accused of not truly loving humanity, which caused her to cry blood for over fifty years, resulting in a flood that ended the age of the fourth sun. This goddess was usually depicted as a river from which grew a (*) prickly pear tree, the fruit of which symbolized the human heart. Sometimes said to be the consort of Xiuhtecuhtli, she and her more famous marital partner were the parents of a god usually depicted wearing a seashell on his back, the moon god Tecciztecatl. For 10 points, identify this jade-skirt-wearing goddess, the second wife of Tlaloc.
One ritual dedicated to this non-Christian deity involved priests or midwifes greeting her as they sprinkled newborns with drops of water before naming them.
{Chalchiuhtlicue} [{chal}-{chee}-{OO}-{tli}-{cue} or {chal}-{chee}-{OO}-{tli}-{kway}]